Patents by Inventor Mike Seltzer

Mike Seltzer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140122086
    Abstract: Embodiments related to the use of depth imaging to augment speech recognition are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides, on a computing device, a method including receiving depth information of a physical space from a depth camera, receiving audio information from one or more microphones, identifying a set of one or more possible spoken words from the audio information, determining a speech input for the computing device based upon comparing the set of one or more possible spoken words from the audio information and the depth information, and taking an action on the computing device based upon the speech input determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jay Kapur, Ivan Tashev, Mike Seltzer, Stephen Edward Hodges